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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. “And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” Startups bear the costs of their financing, from the first seed investment to the sale of Series A stock.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Firms like Accel and Greylock and Menlo Ventures announced discovery or seed funds, while other firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz pioneered stealthy scout programs to give entrepreneurs their money, whether they knew it or not. A name like 500 Startups says it all. The Week in Review. By Sarah Lacy.